Author Topic: New ‘Flex-Seats’ Aim to Change Air Travel Forever (Read 7136 times)

SonnenKinder · « **on:** January 30, 2010, 07:16:52 PM »

On an overnight business flight, inspiration came knocking. Sitting between two empty seats with immovable armrests, inventor Emil Jacob had given up all hope of getting any rest. Abandoning the discomfort of the seats, he moved his travel-weary body to the floor.

“From down there I saw all this space,” Jacob explained. “I thought that there has to be a better way to do it; there’s so much space it’d be absurd not to use it.”

After tinkering with the layout plans of different airplanes, the Flex-Seats were born. Jacob, now owner of Jacob Innovations LLC, has a few airlines currently looking into his new designs. Designs which could greatly change the way people travel.

Essentially, Flex-Seats create more leg room and allow for all passengers to have a full or near-full recline without disturbing those behind them.

Jacob’s innovative design takes advantage of the vertical space in an airplane. Depending on the layout of a particular aircraft, there are several different models that can be adopted—ranging from raising every other seat a few inches, to creating small staircases for every row with a second floor of seats in each row.

Author Topic: New ‘Flex-Seats’ Aim to Change Air Travel Forever (Read 7136 times)

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New ‘Flex-Seats’ Aim to Change Air Travel Forever

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